black cherry
noun
a North American cherry, Prunus serotina, having drooping clusters of fragrant white flowers and bearing a black, sour, edible fruit.
the fruit itself.
the hard, reddish-brown wood of this tree, used for making furniture.
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Origin of black cherry
An Americanism dating back to 1720–30
Words nearby black cherry
black-capped chickadee, Black Caps, black carpenter ant, black cataract, black chaff, black cherry, black-coated, blackcock, blackcod, Black Code, black cohosh
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Example sentences from the Web for black cherry
Utterly regardless of property rights, she showed Yan how to chip off the bark of the 77 Black-cherry.
Two Little Savages|Ernest Thompson SetonJimmy Phœbus shouted, with one of his Greek paroxysms of temper on, as his dark skin and black-cherry eyes flamed volcanic.
The Entailed Hat|George Alfred TownsendChoke-cherry ain't no good; but Black-cherry bark's awful good for lung complaint.
Two Little Savages|Ernest Thompson Seton